
Biography
Simon Baker (born July 30, 1969) is an Australian actor and director. In his television acting career, he is best known for his lead role in the CBS television series The Mentalist as Patrick Jane and as Nicholas Fallin in The Guardian. In his film acting career, he is best known for the lead role of Riley Denbo in Land of the Dead and Christian Thompson in the film adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada, based on the 2003 novel of the same name. Simon Baker was born to a high school English teacher, Elizabeth Labberton, and a groundskeeper/mechanic, Barry Baker, on 30 July 1969, in Launceston, Tasmania. He was raised as a Roman Catholic. His parents divorced while he was still young. His mother later married Tom Denny, a butcher. Simon Baker also has a sister, currently a doctor in Australia, and three younger half brothers. By 1972, the family had moved from Launceston to Ballina, New South Wales, where Baker's parents hoped to secure better paying jobs. In 1986, he graduated from Ballina High School as Simon Baker-Denny, after completing his primary school education at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School, also in Ballina.
Awards & recognition
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame · 2013
Filmography37 titles

The Mentalist
Love from Ground Zero

L.A. Confidential

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

The Devil Wears Prada

Boy Swallows Universe

Conan

The Guardian

Margin Call

Heartbreak High

Scarpetta

Breath

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Something New

High Ground

Land of the Dead

Ride with the Devil

Sex and Death 101

Limbo

The Killer Inside Me

The Ring Two

The Lodger

Red Planet

Judas Kiss

Roar

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Affair of the Necklace

I Give It a Year

Blaze

Most Wanted

Here and Now

Women in Trouble

Not Forgotten

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Restaurant

Sunset Strip

The View